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Adolphe Monet in the Garden of Le Coteau at Sainte Adresse 1867. Claude Monet

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A desolation is here that not even imagination can grace with the pomp of life and action." -Mark Twain, 1867

What was once barren now produces abundance, innovation, and growth. Israel's transformation is one of the greatest restoration stories in modern history.

That same spirit lives on through our Bloom Project, planting trees across the land and helping Israel bloom for generations to come. The land lives again. 🌱

Ben Allen

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Visiting the land of Israel in 1867, American author Mark Twain wrote the following about what he saw: "There is not a solitary village throughout its whole extent [valley of Jezreel] — not for 30 miles in either direction… One may ride ten miles hereabouts and not see ten human beings. … For the sort of solitude to make one dreary, come to Galilee … Nazareth is forlorn … Jericho lies a moldering ruin … Bethlehem and Bethany, in their poverty and humiliation… untenanted by any living creature… A desolate country whose soil is rich enough, but is given over wholly to weeds … a silent, mournful expanse … a desolation … We never saw a human being on the whole route … Hardly a tree or shrub anywhere. Even the olive tree and the cactus, those fast friends of a worthless soil, had almost deserted the country … Of all the lands there are for dismal scenery, Palestine must be the prince.

The hills are barren and dull, the valleys are unsightly deserts [inhabited by] swarms of beggars with ghastly sores and malformations. Palestine sits in sackcloth and ashes … desolate and unlovely."

Zionism revived the land, created jobs for people from across the region, and transformed life for millions of people.

Ben Allen

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Brian Jones & Charlie Watts shopping at Naphtaly's Boutique, Stüssihofstatt in Zurich, Switzerland. 1967. (via Alamy Images)

Brian Jones' fashion sense not only captured the essence of the 1960s but also paved the way for future fashion icons.

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Frank Frankly from Welcome Home

"Arguably the smartest neighbor in Welcome Home, Frank Frankly is the resident bookworm with an expertise on butterflies. Despite being the grumpiest and greyest of this colorful cavalcade of neighbors, it’s good to have someone so organized and matter-of-fact amidst the bunch."

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